Places alexz Wants to Go

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.